Tire-rim.



H. M. CHANEY.

TIRE RIM.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 1:.1915. RENEWED SPT.2I, 191a.

"Pa tented Nov. 21, 1916.

' 116F661! 151M. (Val/z J i UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

HERBERT M. CHANDg, OF SfkRDINIA. OHIO.

TIRE-RIM.

Application filed. October 11, 1915, Serial No, 55,233.

To all :r/w'm it may concern.

lie it known that I, Hnunmrr M. CHANEY,. a citizen of the United States, residing at Sardinia, in the count of Brown and State. of Ohio, have invented new and usefi'll Improvements in 'lire-Rims, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

The invention relates to a tire rim, and more particularly to the class of separable and quickly demountahle tire rims.

The primary object of the invention is theprovision of a rim of this character wherein the sections thereof can be securely fastened together and also secured to the folly of the wheel without the necessity of the'use of independent fasteners for this particular purpose.

,Another object of the invention is the pro vision of a rim of this character wherein the'Isame can he readily and conveniently detached from the fellv and likewise, the

tire rim from the wheel, with despot-2h.

:A further. object of the. invention is the provision of a rim of this character, where ill. the same is firmly locked upon the telly so as to avoid the possibility of the creeping thereof (hiring the travel of the wheel in the accidental separation of the sections of the rim while the wheel is in use.

A still further object of the invention is the provision. of a rim of this character and which is. simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and eflieicut in purpose, strong, durable, and inexpensivev to manufacture.

W'itl1,t:lu-se. and other objects in view, the

invention consists in the features of con struction. comliination and arrangement of parts as will he hereinafter fully described, illustrated in he accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

Tn the accompanying drawing; Figure 1 .is .1 fragmentary side elevation of a wheel showing the rim constructed in accordance with the invention, applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical transverse sectiona l view. Fig. 3 is a. fragmentary plan view of the folly. Fig. 4 is a similar View of the inner annulus of the rim. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the outer annulus of the rim looking toward the inner side thereof. Fig. (l is plan View of a span or key.

Similar reference characters indicate cor responding parts tllroughout the several views in the drawing.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Renewed September 21, 1916.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Serial No. 121.521.

lleh-rring to the drawing in detail, A (lesignahis a. portion of a wheel and B the folly which has formed therein at intervals in its outer periphery curvilinear slots 10, each having itsouter end opening through one side of the folly ii, and concentrically dispostal about the felly ii is an annulus 1.2 preferably made from metal, the same being forum] with companion slots 13 correspondingly shaped to and adapted to register with the slots in the. telly. On one side edge of the annulus I2 is a check ring'14 which overlaps one side of the folly and forms it its outer periphery an inwardly beveled abutment flange 1.) which protrudes beyond the outer face of tlu annulus 12 circumferentially thereof for a purpose presently described.

hicircliug the annulus 12 is the separahle and quickly demountable rim which, as a part thereof, includes the annulus l2 and comprises the inner and outer hooplike U3. annular sections 16 and 17 respectively. the innel; section being adapted to telescope within the outer section, which is 'l'oruwd at intervals with internal lugs 18 protruding from the inner surface thereof, while the inner section 16 is formed-With slots 19 correspondingly shaped to and adapted to register with the slots 10 and 13 in the respective folly and annulus 12 and these slots when in registration with each other are adapted to receive the lugs 18 so that on the twisting of the outer section 17 the lugs 18 will move inwardly in the slots for locking engagement in the inner terminal notcl'les 11 thereof for firmly securing the separable and quickly"demountable rim upon the folly and also the securing of the inner and outer sections 16 and 17 together, as will he clearly. apparent. Each slot 19 at its inner end is formed with an offset which overlaps the opposite side of thefelly B, while the inner section 16 is formed on its side edge next to the flange'15 with an annular flange 21 having a beveled face 522 Which cooperates with the beveled flange ,when supported upon the separable riin. yet

the said tire can be readily tltfittltfllivtl (from the rim on separating the inner and outer sections 16 and 17 thereof. '5 desired. the tire nee-xi not be removed from the rim 21ml the latter can be readily and quickly ill tin-hell from the wheel. as will he nppnrt-ul.

Provided at (liinnetrically opposite points the r-ree 'iing of the rim upon the folly, and likewise the reeping ol the annulus 12 thereon. the mill stem 26 :it its: outer end belng formed with {1 finger wing 27 which perinits the convenient turning thereof for rell'nfiing the rim or the fastening of the same on the. telly.

From the foregoing-r, it thought that the ronstruetion and manner of operation of the separable :inrl quit-lily ileuionntahle rim. will he clearly umlerstootl, and therefore, a. more extenrileii operation has been omitted.

Whnt claimed is:

ln wheeh u telly having curvilinear :slOl'S in its outer periphery and opening through one side thereof. ('itn pair of annuli arranged rom-entrically with respectto each other and also with respect to the felly, all

and mounted in the outer face of the rho-elm. of the nnnuli with the exception of the outring 20 are a pair of spaced lugs 24 for no commodating :1- spnn or key 25 that the outer section 17 can be readily turner! for detaching the same from the inner Hnrtion 1G or cle-n'iounting thereof on the said inner section and likewise for the mounting of the rim upon the Wheel.

Tnpped in the telly B from the inner periphery thereof is a locking stem 520, the inneri end of which is adapted to work through the outer periphery of the telly 1-, for engagement in the slots when in the respective annulus 12 inner and outer sections 16 and 17 when the said slots are in registration with each other, thereliiy locking the sections of the rim together and the latter upon the telly to nvoicl uny possibility of i-rinost one being 't'ornierl with curvilinear slots rorrespondiugly shaped to and registering with the slots in the telly, and lugs formed on the outm'niost annulus and detiH'lltlhl y engngeahle in said slots, the innermost annulus being formed with notches at the innern'iost ends of said slots therein to receive the lugs for the locking of the same in the slots, and clenoher tire-engaging flanges on two of the outermost annuli for the securing of the tire in place.

In testimony whereof I attix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERBER'. M. CHANEY. Witnesses:

F. H. RAINEY, A. S. G'ODFREY. 

